Dad uses dog shock collar on kids

An Oregon father has been accused of using a dog shock collar on his children.

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Todd Marcum, 41, was jailed Tuesday on charges of first-degree criminal mistreatment after he allegedly put the electronic dog collar around the necks of his children, all younger than 10, and shocked them at least once.

The children are in the custody of their mother.

Salem police said Marcum didn’t do it for punishment but instead because he thought it was funny.

LMFAO This … This is hilarious!! DO YOU GUYS NOT SEE THE BOY LAUGHING? wtf is wrong with people these days? They give drug addict crackheads kids but want to take a kid away from a parent for the kid wanting 5 dollars back? HE WAS STILL LAUGHING!!! he even said he wanted to do it! Get your heads out of the sky…

Okay, this guy does need help. But the consequences are killing him enough. It’s going to be next to impossible to get his life back on track. I know the mom personally, and she loves her kids to death. They are surrounded by great friends and so many people have been reaching out and supportive. They will get through it.

AGAIN why was the kid laughing and willing to do it? Those dog shock collars cant be any worse than what police officers use and I know damn well they use them on minors too. HOW is that any differant other than the fact that THIS KID was willing to do it!

THis whole situation is being blown out of proportion. I am not saying that he wasn’t wrong, but I have dogs and work with attack dogs. Those collars that he has aren’t dangerous. They are less painful than whipping a kid with a switch or a belt. Now, the police want to ruin this guys life forever. He should have been given a stern warning and if he did it again then throw the book at him. I guess they should throw everyone in jail that has those gag lighters and staplers that shock you. I can tell you for a fact that those shocks didn’t hurt those kids as myself and my coworkers sometimes have contest on who can take the highest shock on our legs. That is with shock collars designed for large hairy attack dogs and cost nearly 600.00. The shock collars pictured here won’t even harm a small dog. The police should be getting crooks, rapest, and murderers off the street and not worrying about such a peaty thing that could have been taking care of with a warning.

Ugh, this is so wrong. Just because the kid wanted to do it or whatever, doesn’t mean the father should have done it. I mean seriously, what is wrong with people? it starts off with one guy putting a shock collar on his kid for fun, eventually it will turn into something worse, like perhaps (if this hasn’t happened yet, which it probably will) I don’t know, parent’s who are not even FIT to be parent’s using it on kids to abuse them, thus opening a new way for parent’s to abuse their children. People are just, urg. Should have known it would only be a matter of time however. I mean, they use it on dogs, so it should have been expected that someone would use it on his/her child. I just, hope that it doesn’t happen. That parent’s who once again aren’t fit to be parent’s, won’t use it on their children. Truthfully, they shouldn’t even really be used on dog’s either.

ok,this guy seriously got what he deserved. he’s used dog shock collars to shck his own kids as a joke. how sick are you pepole saying he wasn’t wrong for that. this is not ok at all.you people need help or something if you think this is ok,or even close to a prank.

I agree with Carey. I use e-collars on dogs that need them for training under direct supervision. Any training tool, even those gentle leaders can cause damage if not use properly. The kid knew how to take it off, in fact he did when he wanted to and could of sooner. We all go through those stupid stages of when and how to impress out peers or adults and maybe he wont do it again. And who says the kid hasnt done it before? we all have our different level of entertainment, and I’m sure if we were looking from the outside looking in…we could all judge.

If you ask me he deserves to have 20 dog collars wrapped around his throat, and so does anyone who thinks this is ok. I have kids and I would kill someone if they ever did this to my kids or any of my dogs. This ain’t funny and if you think it is you have just as many problems as this dad or any other sick person that would do this. And as far as being blown out of proportion, doubt it. For all of you that thinks that this is ok i’d hate to see what punishment you use on your children if you have any, if you don’t keep it that way there are too many sick parents out there now this country don’t need any more!!

Depends on how old the kids are… if he did it to him self… and if the kids thougth it would be funny too. when I was a kid we used to dare eachother to pee on the shockwire or just grab my brothers hand and touch it so it shocked him!! (this wire, which was made for HORSES, was not the weak currents they use for dogs)… if the kids were old enough to joke around (7ish) and were “in on it” i wouldn’t blame the dad being stupid silly with his kids.

the boys prob told their bitter divorced mom the story and she went ape shit for bonding with their father….

jees you people need to take a chill pill. ive used the collar on my kids, and they’ve used it on me, and on each other. and snuck up on mom when she turned her back. it doubles as a toy around the house, the “pain” inflicted is comparable to tickling. yeah maybe it would hurt if you reconfigured it to emit max power but hey why would you even use it at that level on your dog?

i guess what bothers me the most is that in a culture where borderline abusive methods of disciplining children such as time-outs and even spanking is perfectly acceptable (in most civilized countries spanking your children will land you in jail), goofing around with a shock collar will results in felony charges.

Thank you for the sensible critique. Me & my neighbor were just preparing to do a little research on this. We got a grab a book from our local library but I think I learned more from this post. I am very glad to see such great information being shared freely out there.